'The number of children starting school with poor speaking and listening skills should cause us all to worry, and the numbers are going up.' Alan Wells, director of the Basic Skills Agency, on the...
We have two tyrannosaurus rex puppets (Asco, Pounds 68.50 each) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'T-rex puppet', to the...
Make sure your early years curriculum knowledge and skills are up to date. Take your pick from the courses around this summer and autumn Acorn Early Years Training runs courses on:
How can we help children understand the world around them – both their immediate surroundings and places and people far away? Phil Armstrong explains
Three early years settings tell Mary Evans about science resources they wouldn't be without.
Meg Barclay, education consultant and early years reviewer for the School Library Association, reviews books which depict various trips and adventures, and a book that introduces children to drawing...
Fine motor skills, including how to hold a pencil, are all now within the goal 'Moving and handling'. Jan White suggests experiences to help children become increasingly dextrous.
We have ten copies of Tom and The Island of Dinosaurs by Ian Beck (Corgi Children's Books, 5.99) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or...
Support for inclusive education was pledged by hundreds of charities, organisations and individuals whose names were listed in a full-page advertisement by Disability Equality Education in The...